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Thursday, 23rd May 2024 --- 15 Bashans 1740
Ezekiel 21 : 3 - 13
Chapter 21
| 3 | and say to the land of Israel, "Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you. |
| 4 | Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north, |
| 5 | that all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore."' |
| 6 | Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes. |
| 7 | And it shall be when they say to you, "Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, "Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD." |
| 8 | Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
| 9 | "Son of man, prophesy and say, "Thus says the LORD!' Say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened And also polished! |
| 10 | Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As it does all wood. |
| 11 | And He has given it to be polished, That it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished To be given into the hand of the slayer.' |
| 12 | "Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore strike your thigh. |
| 13 | "Because it is a testing, And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter shall be no more," says the Lord GOD. |
Sirach 4 : 20 - 5 : 2
Chapter 4
| 20 | Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy, |
| 21 | And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice. |
| 22 | But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy. |
| 23 | Son, observe the time, and fly from evil. |
| 24 | For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth. |
| 25 | For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace. |
| 26 | Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie. |
| 27 | Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall: |
| 28 | And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty. |
| 29 | For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice. |
| 30 | In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance. |
| 31 | Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin. |
| 32 | Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river. |
| 33 | Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee. |
| 34 | Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works. |
| 35 | Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee. |
| 36 | Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give. |
Chapter 5
| 1 | Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness. |
| 2 | Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart: |
Isaiah 1 : 1 - 9
Chapter 1
| 1 | The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. |
| 2 | Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; |
| 3 | The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master's crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider." |
| 4 | Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward. |
| 5 | Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints. |
| 6 | From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment. |
| 7 | Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. |
| 8 | So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city. |
| 9 | Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah. |